May 14, 2011

Sunday music

"Hallelujah" sung by Tim Buckley. Lest you ask, one of the commenters on YouTube may have already answered your question:

"He's painting a picture with biblical references, and as Cohen (the songwriter) has said, 'It explains that many kinds of hallelujahs do exist, and all the perfect and broken hallelujahs have equal value.' "

4 comments:

I've heard there was a secret chordThat David played, and it pleased the LordBut you don't really care for music, do you?It goes like thisThe fourth, the fifthThe minor fall, the major liftThe baffled king composing HallelujahHallelujahHallelujahHallelujahHallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proofYou saw her bathing on the roofHer beauty and the moonlight overthrew youShe tied you to a kitchen chairShe broke your throne, and she cut your hairAnd from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I have been here beforeI know this room, I've walked this floorI used to live alone before I knew you.I've seen your flag on the marble archLove is not a victory marchIt's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me knowWhat's really going on belowBut now you never show it to me, do you?And remember when I moved in with youThe holy dove was moving tooAnd every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God aboveBut all I’ve ever learned from loveWas how to shoot at someone who outdrew youIt’s not a cry you can hear at nightIt’s not somebody who has seen the lightIt’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vainI don't even know the nameBut if I did, well really, what's it to you?There's a blaze of light in every wordIt doesn't matter which you heardThe holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, HallelujahHallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't muchI couldn't feel, so I tried to touchI've told the truth, I didn't come to fool youAnd even though it all went wrongI'll stand before the Lord of SongWith nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Interesting style they have. I don't think I've ever seen individual voices showcased in such rapid order before, know what I mean? Innovative. A bit too precious, but innovative. The Buckley version gets my vote. He did it perfectly.

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